Subtitle The Wind And The Lion Site

The film is a highly fictionalized "romanticization" of the real-life of 1904.

In reality, the captive was an elderly Greek-American man, not a young widow. subtitle The Wind and the Lion

Set in 1904 Morocco, the story centers on the kidnapping of an American widow, , and her children by Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli , a charismatic Berber chieftain. The film is a highly fictionalized "romanticization" of

Raisuli's goal is to embarrass the young Sultan of Morocco and spark a civil war to end foreign influence. subtitle The Wind and the Lion

The actual incident was settled through a peaceful ransom payment by the Sultan, whereas the movie depicts a climactic battle involving U.S. Marines and German forces.